Look for it on high elevation rocky summits, in thin soil at tops of cliffs & on ledges (where not trampled), in pockets of soil on nearly vertical portions of cliffs, in open grassy balds, around Rhododendron catawbiense in grassy balds, or in grassy areas at bases of cliffs (where succession by shrubs is prevented by accumulation of seepage ice & by stone fall), per Weakley's Flora